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You know, I can sort of see why this episode was banned, you know with Kaiser pointing a gun at Ash, but..

There were several early episodes, such as the episode where ash got squirtle, where several guns were pointed straight at him, and they weren't banned or altered in any way. Then I hear another possible reason was that Jessie tried to seduce Kaiser while wearing a short Skirt. but she's supposed to be in her 20's way above legal age in both the US and Japan.

Lost my Platinum, so that's not good. On the other hand, I have heartgold and my FC is:

I've seen the fandub and it was pretty great. There's also a rumor that 4Kids did dub it but it didn't air. I finally saw the original version and it was pretty violent. Guns, Hitler mustaches, and bombs all in one small package. Liked that we saw how Ash obtained his 30 Tauros. Brock should have kept the one he caught though, it would've been cool to see him with one haha. Loved the ending with Dragonair saving Ash, since I remembered seeing that scene in one of the PokeRap segments during the Kanto episodes. Overall, 8/10.

I don't think it should have been that banned, there have been way worse on kids shows.

From what I saw the pictures on the site I would have found these episodes really interesting. Pity Ash didn't catch that Rhyhorn he was looking at as well, would have been interesting. I do agree TR looked a bit more violent in this episode (Gasp, maybe that's why they been toned down to comic relief nowadays)

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Yay I like guns and it was stupid that they banned the episode. People are so wimpy these days. Remember Looney Toons when Elmer Fudd would always shoot his shotgun, well no one had a problem with that. Pokemon deserves better. Anyways I thought it was really funny how Tauros would always jump in way of the pokeballs.

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I've seen this episode in July 2008, I didn't know about its existence before, because of the ban. It was hard to find a Dutch, English or German (languages I speak) episode, I found only Japanese episodes on the Internet before.

I'm sure it would be a very popular episode if it would've been aired. But the censoring was deserved.

But most children's programs nowadays are way more violent, and I am certain they were violent in the nineties too.

As a little kid, I always wondered why Kanto Pok&#233;mon Dragonair has never appeared before Jotho (Clair), and how Ash got his Tauros. I didn't know this episode existed.

I've seen the fandub and it was pretty great. There's also a rumor that 4Kids did dub it but it didn't air. I finally saw the original version and it was pretty violent. Guns, Hitler mustaches, and bombs all in one small package. Liked that we saw how Ash obtained his 30 Tauros. Brock should have kept the one he caught though, it would've been cool to see him with one haha. Loved the ending with Dragonair saving Ash, since I remembered seeing that scene in one of the PokeRap segments during the Kanto episodes. Overall, 8/10.

Brock caught it with Ash's safari ball, so the one he caught belongs to Ash

Fortunately I was able to see this whole episode. I liked it since Ash caught 30 Tauros, and both Dratini and Dragonair were both in this episode. Too bad Ash couldn't get Rhyhorn :-(. The Warden was crazy! Ash almost drowning was scary for me...

I'll admit that it was a little startling to see the guns being pointed at Ash and the warden. The only guns I expect to see in Pokemon are the ones Team Rocket use to shoot Pokemon-catching nets out of. Still, I don't see what the bug deal about guns in this episode was. It wasn't nearly as violent as in many other shows. I mean, nobody was actually shot at.

i did saw it in Japanese, i just dont get it...TR always use guns/Bazookas/tanks when they try to catch Pikachu, So why ban this? its only for like a fiew seconds...Im sad that it wasnt aired...I would love to see Dratini/Dragonair in the anime, and Ashs 30 Tauros :3

I was wondering why I couldn't recognise this episode... it's banned. I think it was probably a bit of an unnecessary ban to be honest. I did see a part of it in it's Japanese version but I couldn't really get into it, especially seeing as I'm on episode 60 something at the moment. All I can say is I quite liked seeing Dratini and Dragonaire being shown.

Ash caught a bunch of Tauros for no specific reason, my gosh. Anyway Dratini is so pretty, I like how Misty was worried about Ash... he almost died until Dratini saved him. The way they both raised to the surface looked beautiful.

i did saw it in Japanese, i just dont get it...TR always use guns/Bazookas/tanks when they try to catch Pikachu, So why ban this? its only for like a fiew seconds...Im sad that it wasnt aired...I would love to see Dratini/Dragonair in the anime, and Ashs 30 Tauros :3

Man, did I laughed when Team Rocket did their motto while being under fire. This episode itself was pretty much vitally important for the continuity in the series. I remember a lot of people that I grew up with were really confused when Ash suddenly had thirty Tauros.

Wow. Team Rocket is really dangerous. I would never want to me wrapped by Arbok. D: But, it was funny seeing Jessie flirt with the old man. Dragonair is so elegant like. Which is why it's my favorite Dragon Pokemon. Misty called Staryu Starmie. (-_-)

Man, did I laughed when Team Rocket did their motto while being under fire. This episode itself was pretty much vitally important for the continuity in the series. I remember a lot of people that I grew up with were really confused when Ash suddenly had thirty Tauros.

I always assumed that I missed an episode. (I had to do homework when the show was on.)

As it turns out I did miss an episode, but not because of homework.

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